Rob Schneider Dragged For Criticizing Elizabeth Banks' 'Dangerous Rhetoric' After She Called Out White Female Trump Voters

After actor and filmmaker Elizabeth Banks—who played Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games—called out white women who voted for President Donald Trump, MAGA actor Rob Schneider lashed out against what he referred to as her "dangerous rhetoric."

Those who've read the book and seen the film adaptation of The Hunger Games know that Trinket—known for joyfully announcing, "Happy Hunger Games and the odds may be ever in your favor!"—is a mistress of propaganda for a hostile government that forces teenagers to fight to the death every year to intimidate critics and keep society's poorest and most vulnerable in line. Trinket eventually embraces the rebellion.

In a recent interview with Bustle's One Nightstand podcast to promote her new series The Miniature Wife, Banks said she doesn't "understand the 53% of white ladies" that voted for Trump and suggested more people should reject fascism and follow Effie's character arc.

She said:

"Effie for me is one of the characters that has the greatest arc that I’ve ever played because obviously she props up this fascist regime that she benefits from and it’s not until she really comes to care for and see how unfair it is when they want to pull Katniss and Peta into the games again…"

"I think in ‘Catching Fire’ when she’s like, ‘I want to be part of this team,’ and you really see her struggling and then by the end she’s like a revolutionary… I wish more of us were becoming revolutionaries!"

"Effie is the model, guys! I don’t understand the 53% of white ladies that didn’t vote for Kamala."

You can hear what she said in the video below.

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Banks' remarks soon caught Schneider's attention and he suggested her comments are the sort of "dangerous rhetoric" that led to the killing of far-right activist Charlie Kirk.

Schneider said:

"Dear Elizabeth Banks, Calling someone who disagrees with your political views ‘Fascist’ is the same dangerous rhetoric (and lies) that got our friend Charlie Kirk murdered."

You can see his post below.

Schneider has gone on record before to say he is willing to "lose it all" for his MAGA beliefs and once said he's long past caring about his career and instead cares about "my children and the country they're going to live in."

Schneider has claimed there is no shortage of conservatives in Hollywood but his many conservative friends are "scared" of speaking out for risk of tanking their careers.

He said in an interview with Fox News that his conservative friends genuinely "fear cancel culture too much to speak up." He also said he has been shunned in Hollywood for openly sharing his conservative views, and he has people who don't "return calls as often."

That might have something to do with the fact he has wholeheartedly endorsed the MAGA movement, which political scientists, historians, journalists, and policymakers have identified as fascist.

He has also referred to leftists as "communist" and, as a prominent anti-vaxxer, has called those who back the scientific consensus on the benefits of fascism "fascists" and "tyrants."

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He was swiftly called out for his hypocrisy.

It sounds like Schneider should really think before he tweets.